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Who Am I?
“If the writing is honest, it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.”- T. Williams
Sophomore English Research AssignmentOctober 24, 2008
Ms. Tong
Traditional Literary Criticism
Traditional Literary Criticism looks at a writer’s life and work, and attempts to find
out how his biographical information is reflected in his work.
Your Task: Using the library’s resources, evaluate your poet’s work using traditional
literary criticism.
Meet William Stafford
Finding Books in the Library
• Click on the library
• Click on
• Keyword Search: Stafford, William
Hint: Most of your books will be found in the 800’s or in the biography section of the library.
LibraryWorld Explorer.lnk
MLA Format for a Book
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Stafford, William. All About Light. Ohio: Croissant, 1978.
Xavier High School Databases!
1. Student Resource Center
2. Lit Finder
When researching, ask yourself..
Q. Is this article from the Student Resource Center or Lit Finder?
If the answer is No, DO NOT PUT IT IN YOUR PAPER!!
Hammer Time
• Wikipedia Search • Google Search • Student Resource Center • Lit Finder
Xavier Information Databases from School
-Click on Library
-Click on any of the database icons like:
- No username or password needed
Student Res. Center Gold.url
Xavier Information Databases from Home
-Go to Xavier Library Home Pagewww.xavierhs.org/library
- Click on one of the databases
- A Login prompt will come up.
Formal Email Address: SmithJ11
Password: Green3beans Hint: Use the same id and password that you use for the computers in
the learning center.
Student Resource Center
Lit Finder
Different Tabs, Different Information
Student Resource Center Tabs
• Reference- Critical Essays, Narrative Biographies
• Creative Works- Poems by Writer
• Multimedia- Audio files of Interviews, Poetry Readings, Images of Writer
MLA Citation for Student Resource Center
Author (if provided). "Article Title." Original Source of Article. Editor. Volume: Pages of original source. Specific Gale Database on Larger Database (if appropriate). Gale Group. Name of Providing Library, Consortium or Library System. Date of access. <http://galenet.galegroup.com>.
MLA Citation for Student Resource Center II.
Anderson, Erland. “Stafford’s Aunt Mabel.”
The Explicator. 62.1 Fall 2003: 44-48.
Student Resource Center-Gold. Gale Group. Xavier High School. 17 Oct. 2008. <http://galenet.galecroup.com>
Lit Finder Book Mark and Student Resource Center Info Mark
• Located on the top right corner of the screen
• Creates a URL for useful articles
• You can also create a book mark or email the URL to yourself
Good for keeping track of your articles.
What is this?
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?viewtype=&id=GALE|LTF0000652821WK&v=2.1&u=nysl_me_xavierhs&it=r&p=LITFS&sw=w
Using the Infomark button, this link will now direct you to Stafford’s poem, British Columbia so you don’t need to do a search query to bring it up again.
At the Bomb Testing Site
At noon in the desert a panting lizardwaited for history, its elbows tense,watching the curve of a particular roadas if something might happen.It was looking at something farther offthan people could see, an important sceneacted in stone for little selvesat the flute end of consequences.There was just a continent without much on itunder a sky that never cared less.Ready for a change, the elbows waited.The hands gripped hard on the desert.
Make the Connection.
Stafford’s Biography Excerpt
Stafford earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas, and had nearly completed a master's degree when World War II began in 1942. Registered as a conscientious objector, Stafford was incarcerated in public service camps, and spent the four years of the war cutting trails, fighting forest fires, and terracing eroding land in Arkansas, California, and Illinois. As a pacifist in a country that saw so many of its young men killed, he faced public scorn, suspicion, and enmity.
Any questions?
Ms. Tong’s Email
Library website:
www.xavierhs.org/library
